Meanings
totting1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tot
plural tottings
- The act of adding up; an addition.
This remarkable "paying off" did not pass off without a record for, strangely enough, the sheet of paper on which Hullock did his tottings was the only thing found in the mate's cabin — as reported from Gibraltar.
1929, Laurence J. Keating, The Great Mary Celeste Hoax: A Famous Sea Mystery Exposed
totting2
- slangCollecting rags, bones, or other junk to sell on.
[…] junk collectors who go 'totting' for old clothes and broken furniture around Shepherd's Bush […]
2011, Christopher Stevens, The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe
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totting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totting
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